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Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax


TYPES dtype[(len)] {TYPE { {abap_type [LENGTH len] 
                                      [DECIMALS dec]}
                         | {[LINE OF] type}
                         | {REF TO type}
                         | { {{[STANDARD] TABLE}
                             | {SORTED TABLE}
                             |{HASHED TABLE}}
                             OF [REF TO] type
                             [ {WITH [UNIQUE|NON-UNIQUE]
                                  { {KEY [primary_key [ALIAS key_name]
                                       COMPONENTS] comp1 comp2 ...}
                                  | {DEFAULT KEY} }  }
                             | {WITH EMPTY KEY} ]
                             {[WITH {UNIQUE HASHED}|{{UNIQUE|NON-UNIQUE} SORTED}
                                KEY key_name1 COMPONENTS comp1 comp2 ...]
                              [WITH {UNIQUE HASHED}|{{UNIQUE|NON-UNIQUE} SORTED}
                                KEY key_name2 COMPONENTS comp1 comp2 ...]
                              ...}
                             [{WITH|WITHOUT} FURTHER SECONDARY KEYS]
                             [INITIAL SIZE n]}
                           | {RANGE OF type [INITIAL SIZE n]} }
                           | {dbtab|view
                               { READER|LOCATOR|{LOB HANDLE} }
                             | { WRITER|LOCATOR } FOR
                               { COLUMNS blob1 blob2 ...  clob1 clob2 ... }
                             | { ALL [OTHER] [BLOB|CLOB] COLUMNS }
                                 [...]}}
                 | {LIKE { {[LINE OF] dobj}
                         | {REF TO dobj}
                         | { {{[STANDARD] TABLE}
                             |{SORTED TABLE}
                             |{HASHED TABLE}
                             |{ANY TABLE}
                             |{INDEX TABLE}}
                             OF [REF TO] dobj
                             [ {WITH [UNIQUE|NON-UNIQUE]
                                  { {KEY [primary_key [ALIAS key_name]
                                       COMPONENTS] comp1 comp2 ...}
                                  | {DEFAULT KEY} }}
                             | {WITH EMPTY KEY} ]
                             {[WITH {UNIQUE HASHED}|{{UNIQUE|NON-UNIQUE} SORTED}
                                KEY key_name1 COMPONENTS comp1 comp2 ...]
                              [WITH {UNIQUE HASHED}|{{UNIQUE|NON-UNIQUE} SORTED}
                                KEY key_name2 COMPONENTS comp1 comp2 ...]
                              ...}
                             [{WITH|WITHOUT} FURTHER SECONDARY KEYS]
                             [INITIAL SIZE n]}
                           | {RANGE OF dobj [INITIAL SIZE n]} }}.

Effect

Defines a data type dtype.

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